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Miércoles 8 de febrero:
Género, Cuidado y Medios de Vida en Tiempos de Crisis
Jueves 23 de marzo:
Discutir enfoques interseccionales y de género para la resiliencia
Martes 2 de mayo:
Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis
Invitadas de sindicatos liderados por mujeres, organizaciones de base y ONG que defienden los derechos de las mujeres trabajadoras informales, cuidadoras y comunidades afrodescendientes brindaron información sobre cómo resisten los riesgos y desastres cotidianos, y las estrategias que han implementado para producir un cambio social.
¿Cómo interrumpen las crisis y los desastres el trabajo reproductivo? ¿Y cómo se organizan y resisten las comunidades frente a esos eventos extremos para sostener sus medios de vida?

"Cuidar es el primer acto de productividad en cualquier sociedad. Necesitamos valorar este tipo de trabajo, sobre todo porque todos seremos cuidadores y todos seremos atendidos en algún momento de nuestras vidas".
Este panel interactivo reunió a 6 de nuestros proyectos encargados por GRRIPP de Brasil, Chile, República Dominicana, India y Zimbabue para discutir “Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis”, presidido por la Dra. Louisa Acciari.
Elpanelistas:
(En la foto de arriba, de izquierda a derecha)
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gloria sepulvedadeCiudades y territorios que cuidan(Ciudades y territorios que cuidan), Chile
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olga segoviadeCiudades y territorios que cuidan(Ciudades y territorios que cuidan), Chile
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María Silvanete Benedito de Sousa LermendeCosmonucleación, Brasil
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rut diazdeFENAMUTRA(Federación Nacional de Mujeres Trabajadoras), República Dominicana
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caridad chengadeEcos de la humanidad, Zimbabue
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paromita sendeSewa Bharat(Mujeres trabajadoras por cuenta propia de Bharat), India
Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido

Los panelistas compartieron sus perspectivas sobre el cuidado y los medios de vida, el trabajo de sus proyectos y cómo sus comunidades manejaron (o no) el Covid-19. Se compartieron colectivamente tres mensajes clave:
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El cuidado es el primer acto de productividad en cualquier sociedad. Necesitamos valorar este tipo de trabajo, sobre todo porque todos seremos cuidadores y todos seremos atendidos en algún momento de nuestras vidas.
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Debemos partir del principio de que es necesario valorar los saberes indígenas y las prácticas territoriales en torno al cuidado.
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El desafío final consiste en visibilizar el trabajo de cuidados y comprender que es parte integral de la forma en que nosotros, como sociedad, interactuamos entre nosotros.
“es necesario valorar los saberes indígenas y las prácticas territoriales en torno al cuidado”
Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido
"El desafío final es visibilizar el trabajo de cuidados y comprender que es parte integral de la forma en que nosotros, como sociedad, interactuamos entre nosotros".
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El evento fue transmitido en vivo, grabado y tuvo traducción simultánea en vivo en inglés, portugués y español. A continuación puedes ver la grabación en inglés.

(De izquierda a derecha):
Coordinadora global de GRRIPP Dra. Louisa Acciari, Gloria Sepúlveda del Proyecto GRRIPPCiudadanas cuidando, Susana Herrera Quezada, Embajadora de Chile en el Reino Unido, Verónica Contreras del Proyecto GRRIPPCiudadanas cuidando, Olga Segovia deProyecto GRRIPP SUR
Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido
Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis
Marcas de tiempo:
0:00 - Discurso preliminar de la Dra. Louisa Acciari
4:06 - Presentaciones de los panelistas
10:30 - "¿Cómo entiendes y defines 'cuidado' y qué significa para ti y el grupo con el que trabajas?'
27:46 - 'Explica el trabajo que ha estado haciendo tu organización durante el COVID-19 y tus estrategias de resistencia y supervivencia'
1:12:06 - Preguntas

Gloria Sepúlveda
Ciudadanas Ciudando
A sociologist by trade and the project coordinator of the project "Plan to explore the infrastructure of neighbourhood care" in Chile. She is a caregiver, care activist of the Ciudadanas Cuidando Collective, and works for several urban and territorial development organisations.

Olga Segovia
SUR
An architect, coordinator of the Women and Habitat Network of Latin America and the Caribbean (2013-2019); she is the author of several research and consulting projects on urban and local development, public spaces, care from a gender perspective. She has worked for multiple national Chilean organisations, as well as the European Union, and several UN organisations.

Maria Silvanete Benedito de Sousa Lermen
Chã de Terra
A popular educator, advisor in community health, healer, advisor of ancestral portals, agroforest-maker, practitioner, and researcher of the experiences of peoples. She works to foster the revaluation and exchange of local knowledge produced by traditional communities.

Ruth Díaz
Fenamutra
President of FENAMUTRA (the National Federation of Working Women), she also founded unions for women in the healthcare and domestic sectors. Her work focuses on targeting gendered inequality, violations of working rights and injustice. With FENAMUTRA she runs seminars and courses providing training for home workers and has campaigned widely for worker's rights.

Charity Chenga
Echoes of Humanity
Charity is one of the founding members of Echoes of Humanity, linked to the Machitenda village through her mother’s family. She is actively involved in oral history about the area. She uses football tournaments to establish community engagement as well as trust. Most activities in the area are participatory resulting in having a background of both practitioner and researcher in community development. This has enhanced her education to PhD level.

Paromita Sen
SEWA Bharat
Research manager at SEWA Bharat, she has spent the last decade conducting research on gender and marginalisation across the Global South, with the goal of enabling access to voice and power for marginalised communities. She is currently working with informal women workers, and supporting their empowerment through evidence generation, collectivisim and upskilling, and advocating with them.
About our panellists
Discutir enfoques interseccionales y de género para la resiliencia
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Coincidiendo con la ocasión del 5.º aniversario del Centro de Género y Desastres de la UCL, destacaremos a oradores internacionales de nuestros proyectos encargados por GRRIPP en América Latina, África y el sur de Asia.
Nuestros invitados abordarán los desafíos de un enfoque de género e interseccional para la gestión de desastres y ofrecerán formas de avanzar para "reconstruir mejor" en función de su conocimiento y experiencia. Nos ocuparemos en particular de temas relacionados con el diseño curricular, políticas interseccionales para mujeres, comunidades LGBTQI+ y personas con discapacidad, así como múltiples formas de violencia en contextos de desastres.
About our panellists

Shamim Kabir
IEDS
Shamim has been working as Executive Director for Integrated Environment Development Society (IEDS), Durgapur, Netrokona, Bangladesh from 2006. He lives in Bangladesh with his 2 children and partner. He holds a master’s in History.

Lavanya Shanbhogue
JTSDS
Lavanya is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Disasters and Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, focussed on Gender, Development, Climate Change, Sustainability & Disaster Studies. She has an M.B.A in Finance and corporate experience in risk management. Her PhD is in Gender & Water Rights.

Lillian Gladys
FIDA
Lillian is the CEO of FIDA-Uganda and is a very well-known woman advocate and rights defender in the country playing a significant role in improving the status of women by promoting their socio-economic rights and justice and advancing gender equality within Uganda.

Graça Xavier
União de Moradia
Graça holds a bachelor’s in law. A specialist in Human Rights and Public Policy, she is the Coordinator of the National Union for Popular Housing and Red Mulher and Habitat in Latin America, providing guidance and recommendations for women victims of violence. She is also an Ashoka Fellow.

Claudia Cardenas
GRID
Claudia is Chilean by birth and Costa Rican by adoption. Born in Chile, at age 9 she left with her family to Costa Rica in political exile. Claudia since returned to live in Chile and from there continued working for more than 20 years on disaster risk reduction across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Muna Sharma
Tribhuvan University
Muna has over 29 years of professional nursing experience with 15 years of experience in nursing research and academia. She has a postgraduate degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing and a Ph.D. in Nursing. Muna has authored over 20 peer-reviewed articles with a focus on disease, and social issues of human health.

Moabia Ferreira dos Anjos
Quilombo do Catucá
Moabia is a popular educator with a degree in History. She is a mother and dancer. Her research looks at the body in performance and dance as a foundation of reflection and reinvention. Her project develops cultural, educational, and artistic actions, crossed by a mix of African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-indigenous heritages and Sacred Jurema ancestral memories.

Muhammad Awfa Islam
University of Dhaka
Muhammad is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka. He has worked with numerous humanitarian and development organizations. His research interests are in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, community resilience, sustainable development, humanitarian response to crisis and disasters, environmental management, and policymaking.

"Our differences are a resource, not a failure."

Credit: GRRIPP
Panel 1: focused on “resisting multiple forms of violence in times of crises”.
Speakers included: (pictured above, from right to left)
Lavanya Shanbhogue from Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (pictured at the podium), Lillian Adriko from FIDA Uganda, UCL's Dr Virginie Le Masson (chair), Graças Xavier from União de Moradia, Shamim Kabr from Integrated Environment Development Society with translation by Awfa Islam from the University of Dhaka.
"Crises are an opportunity to understand."

Credit: GRRIPP
This panel focussed on violence in heterogenous forms and situations, from worker exploitation to sexual violence, recognising that violence can be both overt and covert.
Panellists discussed carving the path to sustainable resilience through spreading and sharing knowledge, awareness, capacity-building, advocacy at all levels, and particularly through survivor-led advocacy. Since one form of covert violence can be epistemic violence, knowledge production must be in solidarity and collaboration with all parties involved. Women aren't homogenous and these differences are a resource to understand our plural and diverse realities.

"There is power in collaboration."
Credit: GRRIPP

Credit: GRRIPP
Panel 2: focused on “Intersecting disasters: inclusive approaches to resilience”.
Bringing 'gender' into 'resilience', panellists discussed the necessity of understanding the causes that make risks into disasters to promote intersectional resilience.
This included a focus on gender, disability and location as all impacting vulnerability. Panellists also discussed the power of connection, collaboration, networks and ancestral religious practice as integral to resilience.
Speakers included: (pictured above right, from left to right)
UCL's Olivia Walmsley (chair), Moabia Ferreira dos Anjos from Quilombo do Catucá, Muna Sharma from Tribhuvan University, Claudia Cardenas from Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres, Chile (speaking at podium), and Awfa Islam from the University of Dhaka.
Key takeaways from the panels:
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Violence is both overt and covert
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Our differences are a resource
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Women are not homogenous
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There is power in collaboration
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Crisis = an opportunity to understand
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Importance of survivor-led advocacy
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Inter-disciplinary approaches are essential
Género, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sostenible
This third and final GRRIPP session brought together guests from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to discuss achievements and challenges around “Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development”.
Our guests came from a variety of working levels, from grassroots women’s empowerment to collaboration with municipalities and national level policy impact. These different organisations discussed the challenges of promoting gender and intersectional perspectives into climate adaptation plans and development programmes, and shared with us learnings from their indigenous and ancestral knowledge about nature, the environment and sustainability.
About our panellists
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Valentina De Marco Capria
RAMCC

Lorena Donaire
Agape Hidricos

Concita Maia Manchineri
IMA

Ramona Miranda
Duryog Nivaran

Rabiul Haque
University of Dhaka

Maria Matui
GCCTC

"We are the resistance."
- Jeannette Calvet
Credit: GRRIPP
"To defend in a sustainable way is a question of survival for the planet."

Left to right: Olivia Walmsley, Louisa Acciari, Concita Maia, Ramona Miranda, Rabiul Haque. Credit: GRRIPP
What are the challenges in promoting a gender and intersectional perspective into climate adaptation plans and development programmes?
Pictured above left to right:
Jeannette Calvet, Agape hidrícos (Chile)
Rabiul Haque, Dhaka University (Bangladesh)
Lorena Donaire, Agape hidrícos (Chile)
Concita Maia, Instituto Mulheres da Amazônia (Brazil)
Valentina Marco, Argentine Network of Municipalities facing Climate Change (Argentina)
Maria Matui, Gender and climate change coalition (Tanzania)
Ramona Miranda, Duryog Nivaran (Sri Lanka)
Discussions focussed on the intersection between climate risks and vulnerabilities of the population, considering how access to services or resources, such as water, is a gender and intersectional issue. Participants spoke of the 'cascading and compounded effects' on rural or racialised women, people with disabilities and other minority groups.
Our guests addressed the need to promote inclusion of all stakeholders, whereby affected communities and underrepresented groups are present in the spaces where planning decisions, monitoring and evaluation are made at the national level. Transparency and involvement emerged as key themes for inclusive policy and research: addressing the 'information-gap'; involving citizens and youth; working with artists, using paintings, songs, poems in traditional styles; translating documents and using appropriate language.
Response and resilience was addressed at both grassroots level in community organising and indigenous knowledges, as well as national and institutional levels. 'Transformative action needs to happen in ordinary times, so that it can be implemented during disaster and emergency contexts.'
The GRRIPP project "helped me to see my privileges, and helped me to see what I can’t see because of my privileges."

Credit: GRRIPP
Watch the seminar
The event was livestreamed, recorded and had simultaneous live translation in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Below you can watch the recording in English.
Time stamps:
0:00 - Preliminary address by Dr Louisa Acciari
4:49 - Panellist questions
1:17:56 - Audience Q&A